Description
Databricks is seeking a strategic and experienced compensation lead to serve as a trusted partner to founders and senior leadership in our GTM (Go To Market) org.
This role will support long-term business objectives by working within the overall Compensation philosophy to co-create compensation models that help attract, retain and motivate world-class technical talent.
The impact you will have:
- Compensation solutioning for GTM talent (40%)
- Managing Compensation processes through the employee life cycle (30%)
- Contributing to building and delivering enterprise-wide compensation programs/ frameworks (30%)
What we look for:
- Compensation expertise: Know your craft - Job architecture, comp frameworks, market pricing, year-end and midyear pay cycles, global compensation practices, pay for performance design
- Know your data: Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear outputs and recommendations. Analyze competitive trends in cash, equity, and total rewards to inform decision-making and tradeoffs. Advanced capabilities required in gSheets, excel. We’ll love it if you know tableau, SQL, python or have used AI for comp analytics
- Know the competition: Deep expertise in tech compensation practices, especially around new-hire and refresh equity strategies in the tech sector
- Be rational: Ability to balance comp knowledge with business solutioning from a first principles viewpoint
Operational and partnership excellence:
- Build innovatively & scale effectively: create innovative frameworks/solutions to not just solve today’s issues but also to think ahead and anticipate future needs
- Operational capability: connect the dots between systems, players, and programs to seamlessly deliver compensation programs/ products
- Savvy collaborator: partner closely with founders and executive leadership to pre-empt, understand and solve business needs; navigate competing priorities and opinions to drive the best outcomes
- Trusted advisor: act as a trusted advisor on compensation decisions, including offers, promotions, leveling, retention, transfers, and org changes; support sensitive, high-stakes compensation decisions with sound judgment and data-backed recommendations
Pay Range Transparency: Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles.
Zone 1 Pay Range: $217,800-$299,550 USD Zone 2 Pay Range: $196,100-$269,600 USD Zone 3 Pay Range: $185,200-$254,650 USD Zone 4 Pay Range: $174,200-$239,600 USD
Benefits: At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees.